FEATURE: BLACK COMPOSERS SPRING FORWARD Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers George E. Lewis A cone of silence hangs over the work of Black composers from Africa and its diaspora. It is not that Black men and women have not written music, but too often it has been ignored — and thus assumed… Read more »
A conversation about American identity in classical music at a time of radical change, with Alumnus Daniel Mallampalli, LA Philharmonic Coordinator of Artistic Planning and Humanities Don Freund, Professor of Composition at the Jacobs School of Music Alumnus Steven Banks, Assistant Professor of Music at Ithaca College Alumna Carmen-Helena Téllez, Professor of Conducting and Interdisciplinary… Read more »
FEATURE: THE FUTURE IS WITH MEDIA The Future of the Performing Arts is Digital. Marquee TV has a Major Head Start. The Washington Post: Sarah L, Kaufman With uncanny timing, MarqueeTV, a performing-arts streaming service, debuted in this country in February. None of its leaders could have predicted the global crisis to come, but… Read more »
By now, you will have received an email announcing that IU has adopted a new career portal called HANDSHAKE, which replaces the Symplicity system we’ve been using in the Jacobs School of Music for the past 6 years. This is very good news! The new system is easier to use, more focused on your professional… Read more »
FEATURE: BATTLE HYMNS From Founders To Today, Protest Music Is American Music OPB: Claudia Meza From “Yankee Doodle” being sung back in defiance at the British soldiers who originally wrote it to ridicule the American Revolution, to the spirituals sung in fields, unifying and fortifying the voices of a people denied their own native… Read more »
FEATURE: LEARNING TO LISTEN Black Experience Within Classical Music The Violin Channel and Young Concert Artists An important roundtable discussion focusing on the Black experience within the classical music community. Panelists: Anthony Trionfo, Weston Sprott, Sanford Allen, Monica Ellis, Anthony McGill, Carlos Simon, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Randall Goosby, Marcus Thompson, Steven Banks, Afa Dworkin and… Read more »
FEATURE: BLACK LIVES MATTER #BlackoutTuesday: A Music Industry Protest Becomes a Social Media Moment The New York Times: Joe Coscarelli What began as a proposed day of reflection after the death of George Floyd morphed into something broader, leading some to complain that #BlackLivesMatter posts were being silenced. Black Lives Matter Cofounder Patrisse Cullors… Read more »
FEATURE: THE AMAZING ANDRÉ WATTS The Perseverance of André Watts The New York Times: Susan Gubar Putting physical disability on view in the highly competitive arena of classical music takes grit; playing with invisible disease seemed even more terrifying to me. ARTISTS REACT TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD Death Of George Floyd: Beyoncé,… Read more »
FEATURE: AIMING FOR NEW BEGINNING IN 2021 The Fall of Autumn: Live Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020 NY Times: Michael Paulson, Joshua Barone, Ben Sisario and Zachary Woolfe Even as reopened barbershops, beaches and bookstores herald the resumption of economic life across America, concert promoters, theater presenters, orchestras and dance companies are… Read more »
Innovation Roundtable: Cross-Disciplinary Modes in Choral Music A conversation with Choral Directors Carmen-Helena Téllez and Dominick DiOrio about music, media, interdisciplinarity, and the pandemic! PLEASE JOIN US! Friday, May 22, from 12-1pm (ET) Zoom Connect (registration required): https://iu.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZAtcOmurj0uHx0NYC7aul6TtRCLG-oLCg FacebookLive: http://facebook.com/jsomoecd/live Please join these two exceptionally innovative artists/ensemble and project directors, as we discuss the evolution… Read more »